IUCN status: Vulnerable
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Not assessed
IUCN claim: “The species presumably was extirpated from mainland Australia by a combination of predation by the Red Fox and feral cat and habitat disturbance.”
No studies
Hare-wallabies were last confirmed on the mainland in Western Australia 17-20 years before foxes arrived (Current submission).
There are no studies linking foxes to banded hare-wallabies. In
contradiction with the claim, the exirpation records pre-date the fox
arrival records.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023